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Premium Member Tangible
What things does one possess
at journey's end?
What bits and bobs? What trivial tripe?
Please, do tell, what is the hype?
For should I recall anything at all
of...

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Categories: obtained, nostalgia, philosophy, today, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Mental Hospital Bills
dadgum doctors, heads up their butts
poking, prodding, pricking skin
neurologist a psychopath
gets pleasure as electric volts pass through my body

family doctor showed little concern
made me paranoid...

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Categories: obtained, education, sad, slam, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Night Santa Brought Us Weed
Twas the night before Christmas and all were in need
    as we waited for Santa who had promised us Weed.
Our parents were...

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Categories: obtained, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Constitution
There is much to be loved and appreciated about the United States Constitution, and

Heaven, I believe, breathed upon the founding fathers in their pursuit of...

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Categories: obtained, america,
Form: Acrostic
Angel Sent
Two years ago, when I was down,
I’d lost my father to cancer found.
My life was empty and full of pain,
I never thought I would feel...

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Categories: obtained, angel, heaven, pain,
Form: Rhyme



Heaven's Grocery Store
Marching down life’s highway, my feet became very sore
I then came upon a sign that read “Heaven’s Grocery Store”
When I got closer the doors swung...

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Categories: obtained, caregiving, dedication, faith, forgiveness,
Form: Quatrain
Pink Pink Pink
Pink- Pink- Pink-

Every peak has its own attractions,
Like the mountains,
The mounts of a woman,
Have always remained, 
Her pride possessions. 01

It has the charms,
More intoxicating than...

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Categories: obtained, child, health, life, pride,
Form: Free verse
What Is-True Meaning For a Christmas Tree
Jesus is the Divine Reason for Glorious Christmas Season

I wondered.. What’s Christmas tree for?
What does a Tree have to do with Christmas anyways?
Why should we...

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© Star Light  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: obtained, inspirational,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Sawney Bean, Legend of a Cannibal - Written In Broad Scots Dialect
Thar was nae richt ae laddie sair
wha heft a cave 'side Galloway,
wi' nae jaiken he griftit dare
as he was nae tae lippen tae.

Ill-naitur'd  fishwife...

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Categories: obtained, history,
Form: Quatrain
A Poet (The Fallen Star)
My soul has been cut by a spiritual blade.
Out of control and I only finished the eighth grade.
I've walked the dark path and so many...

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Categories: obtained, inspirationalme, dark, dark, me,
Form: Rhyme
Fatherless Child
There once was a day I would watch every airplane.
Praying you was on it to come take me away.
As a child I wanted you around...

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Categories: obtained, childhood, daughter, depression, faith,
Form: Light Verse
George Theodore
This man was affectionately nicknamed “The Stork”.
He played only two seasons with the Mets from New York.
George was a native of Salt Lake City.
His major...

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Categories: obtained, baseball, dedication, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Waste of Space
I balance my illicitly obtained bottle of absinthe from a man who knows a man, for an exorbitant amount of Euros, on the worn wooden...

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Categories: obtained, culture, introspection, literature, metaphor,
Form: Prose
A Tale of My Sisters
With nimble imploring    
 
Of a tale found quite pretentious,
 
I found:
 
My sisters, my comrades,
 
Obtained skills some found offensive.
 
They...

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Categories: obtained, devotion, faith, history, life,
Form: I do not know?
Jesus, I Need Victory Over a Habit
Jesus, I Need Victory Over a Habit!

This habit has a hold of me. ..
 I can’t seem to break it!
I’ve tried many times,  but...

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Categories: obtained, conflict, desire, hope, jesus,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things